They apologized for their bias and then promptly blamed Trump for it.
A Florida daily newspaper is apologizing to readers for not being objective enough in its coverage of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.
The Daily Commercial, which serves Lake and Sumter counties, recently issued a “mea culpa” admitting that it hadn’t taken a balanced-enough approach to the 2016 presidential election.
“Because we have limited space and resources, smaller papers are generally limited to covering the horse race — the day in-day out happenings on the campaign trail,” the paper explained in an open letter.
“Trump, who has been a big personality since he burst onto the scene as a major New York developer in the 1980s, could never seem to stay focused on his message — immigration, American jobs, international relations,” it continued. “He instead has devoted so much of his air time to saying outlandish things and picking fights with anyone, even his own party, who disagreed with him. He has demonized Republicans and the media, and then he wonders aloud why so many people and institutions have turned their backs on him.
Talk about back-handed compliments! The end of the linked article:
“To be clear, this is not an endorsement of Trump, a candidate whose brutish, sometimes childish antics are responsible for his sizable deficit in the polls. Rather, it is a recognition that you, the voter, deserve better than we in the media have given you,” the letter said. “You deserve a more balanced approach to the coverage of elections and other weighty issues.”
Comments on the letter were largely negative, particularly from Mr. Trump’s supporters. Some commenters said the explanation was too little, too late, while others vowed to boycott the publication.”
Getting an apology out of the proggys’is like trying to get
a gold coin off of old Scrooge.
As one can see, the “newspaper’s”
coin is counterfeit.
I’m sort of but not really apologizing for cancelling my subscription to my local daily Democrat propaganda publication.
@COD
“others vowed to boycott the publication”
That’s why the faux apology in the first place.
it’s a combination of a Non-Apology Apology and a Propaganda Attack at the same time. Simply brilliant! Watch your subscriber numbers go further and further down the shitter.
FUCK YOU, YOU GANG OF VIDKUN QUISLINGS!
“To be clear, this is not an endorsement of Hillary, a candidate whose brutish, sometimes deadly antics are responsible for her sizable deceit in the polls. Rather, it is a recognition that you, the voter, deserve better than Hillary, the candidate we in the media have given you.”
FIFY
Observation: If you’re commenting on an article – you obviously aren’t boycotting anything yet.
Looks like the old axiom of “no such thing as bad press” still holds. Angry readers are still readers.
TO Dadof4
They may be commenters…just not paying subscribers.